Home > Primary Sources > Source Detail

Deerfield, MA: Town Overseers of the Poor

Recorded Source Name:

Town of Deerfield, MA, Overseers of the Poor

Place:

Deerfield, MA

Contributor:

Courtesy of Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
Deerfield, MA

Description:

During the 18th and 19th centuries, Massachusetts laws regulated care of the poor through a system of statutes and acts referred to as Poor Relief, or Poor Laws. Overseers of the Poor in each town were charged with arranging for the care of the poor in their communities. These documents from the Overseers of the Poor of Deerfield, Massachusetts, record various forms of relief for African American residents, including apprenticeships, a petition to the State regarding the residential status of an indigent Revolutionary War veteran, and a listing of State paupers. The records are in the library of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (Box 9, A-F 1756-1817.)

Table of contents

• 1756 1817 Box 9, A-F 1756-1817  
• 1764 1828 Box 9, G-Z 1764-1828  
• 1799 1857 1799-1857, Box 9  
• None None Box 9  

1756 to 1817 Box 9, A-F 1756-1817

top of page

1764 to 1828 Box 9, G-Z 1764-1828

top of page

1799 to 1857 1799-1857, Box 9

top of page

-- to -- Box 9

top of page